November 2008

I just placed an order for some new Lovejoy coupler parts. Yesterday, I took my broken coupler bits and transmission over to Tom’s house, where he and some other guys were working on his Neon conversion. I showed them the battle damage, and what my thoughts were on the why and how it happened. I […]

I got to go look at 3 diesel VW Golfs yesterday. The first two were a package deal: 2 cars and three engines. All or nothing. The engines looked pretty good, but both cars were projects and needed plenty of work. Lots of rust, lots of other little things to do on the cars. I […]

Tomorrow, I am going to look at a couple of older diesel VW Golfs. Diesel cars cab be run off bio-diesel or converted to run on waste vegetable oil. These are basic, older cars, and I have always been told that diesels run forever. Any of these cars will need some work, and they still […]

Lately, I’ve been haunting Craigslist in search of an affordable, older diesel vehicle. It’s almost an oxymoron. Seems like all the diesels out there are rediculous-sized pickup trucks, at matching inflated prices. I did, however, stumble across a pair of old Volkswagon Diesel Golfs. One runs, one doesn’t. One had a title, one doesn’t. Guess […]

Nope, this really isn’t related to green cars or sustainability, but it’s always fun when one of God’s Creatures appears in my yard. This turkey showed up in my backyard this past spring. Happy Thanksgiving. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via […]

I got some time today to pull out the motor. It took some work, but I was able to get out the motor AND transmission and take a look at the coupler. Both halves of the coupler have damage and will need to be replaced. The alignment was never right on this setup in the […]

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Something I have been thinking about a lot lately, is our use of gasoline. This summer, at Hybidfest, I joked around for a photo of me drinking straight from a gas pump. The sad part is that it is a fair metaphor. We really all are addicted to gasoline. Most of us won’t admit that. […]

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